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YSRC MLA offered to sacrifice for Lokesh?

YSRC MLA offered to sacrifice for Lokesh?

Surprising as it might sound, a YSR Congress party MLA has come forward to resign from his assembly membership to make way for Telugu Desam Party general secretary Nara Lokesh to contest in the by-elections and win the seat, so that the latter could become a minister in the Chandrababu Naidu cabinet.

The MLA is N Amarnath Reddy, who has defected from the YSR Congress party into the TDP. Representing Palamaner assembly constituency in Chittoor district, Amarnath Reddy is learnt to have made the offer at a meeting of the TDP leaders convened by Naidu during his recent visit to Chittoor district.

The party leaders were requesting the chief minister to induct Lokesh into the cabinet, but Naidu reportedly told them that his son wants to become an MLA first and then become a minister, but he does not want to make an indirect entry into the cabinet by becoming MLC. Since there are no by-elections in the near future, the chances of Lokesh entering the cabinet are bleak, Naidu said.

At this stage, Amarnath Reddy got up and said he was ready to resign from his seat for Lokesh Babu.

“I will sacrifice my seat for Lokesh. I will ensure that he will win with thumping majority from Palamaner,” he said.

Though Naidu was very happy with the offer, the other party leaders said it would send wrong signals into the people and the opposition party might demand the resignation of other MLAs who jumped into the TDP. So, Naidu dropped the idea.

However, Amarnath is happy that Naidu had acknowledged his sacrifice and is hopeful that his sacrifice would be rewarded appropriately.

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